Vendor identification must also be included to determine if the account has been placed with an early out vendor for collections. Admittance and discharge date must be included because payment methodology is driven by these dates. Payor, or insurance, 1 through 3 must be determined for correct categorization of data and payment information. The total payment amount, total allowance amount, and total adjustment amount must be found for each payor sequence. Information from patient payments, allowances, and adjustments must also be identified. Additional information from the insurance remittance advice must be identified to correctly balance patient accounting information. Message codes and status codes must be retrieved from the remittance advices to categorize denial information, if
Vendor identification must also be included to determine if the account has been placed with an early out vendor for collections. Admittance and discharge date must be included because payment methodology is driven by these dates. Payor, or insurance, 1 through 3 must be determined for correct categorization of data and payment information. The total payment amount, total allowance amount, and total adjustment amount must be found for each payor sequence. Information from patient payments, allowances, and adjustments must also be identified. Additional information from the insurance remittance advice must be identified to correctly balance patient accounting information. Message codes and status codes must be retrieved from the remittance advices to categorize denial information, if